Game-board.



PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

L. B. SANFORD. GAME BOARD. APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 3, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GAME-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

A li ti fil d November 3, 1906. Serial No. 341,896.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAZARUS B. SANFORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Game-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to game apparatus; and its object is to provide a device which affords opportunity for the display of skill and judgment in operating it, so that the result of the game is not dependent upon chance. a

The apparatus consists of a board having low side walls which are curved at one end. Means are provided for tilting the board upward at the curved end, and near the lower end are placed a plurality of movable objects, such as tenpins. Along one side of the board is arranged a raceway to receive a ball, which can be projected from the raceway by a spring-actuated plunger. On the opposite side of the board is a cushion, referably provided with a curved wall. t or near the middle of the board and somewhat above the cushion is a post. The ball is required to carom first 011 the cushion and then on the post before striking the pins or other movable objects.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved game apparatus; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section.

The board 1 is preferably rectangular in shape with low side walls 2, which at one end are curved, preferably in a semicircle. This end of the board is preferably raised a little, as by means of a single leg 4, projecting from its under side. board is a wall 5, which extends somewhat more than half the length of the board and forms a raceway of suitable width to receive a ball 6. A plunger 7 is located lengthwise of the raceway, being guided at its upper end in a partition 8, placed across the raceway, while at its lower end it passes through the wall 2 and is provided with a handle 9. A spring 10 is attached at one end to the board and at the other end to the plunger, so' that when the latter is pulled out by its handle Parallel with one side of the the spring will be placed under tension and will return the plunger forcibly to its normal position upon being released.

On the surface of the board near its lower end are placed movable objects 11, such as the tenpins, shown in the drawings. Upon retracting the plunger the ball rolls down against the partition 8, and when the plunger is released it will project the ball up against the curved Wall 3, whence it rebounds and tends to upset or displace the pins 11. In order to render this operation more diflicult and cause it to require more skill in the player, I place a cushion 12 at a point about midway of the board on the side opposite the raceway and erect a post 13 at a point about in the middle of the board and a little nearer the curved end than the cushion.

The cushion has a curved upright wall 14, preferably semicircular, as shown, and the post is preferably circular in cross-section. By properly regulating the tension placed upon the spring the ball can be caused to carom on the cushion and pass from that to the post, where it is again deflected toward the pins.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- The combination with a board having low side walls and a curved end, of movable objects located near the other end of the board, a raceway extending along one side of said board, means for projecting a ball from said raceway toward said curved end, a semicircular cushion of some size having an upright wall and arranged at one side of the board about midway thereof and opposite said raceway, and a circular post at or near the center of the board and nearer the curved end thereof than the cushion, so that said post is interposed between said curved end and the movable objects.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LAZABUS B. SANFORD.

Witnesses ARBA N. LINCOLN, EDMUND DOMINGUE. 

